Veteran ANC councillor in Thaba Chweu (Sabie) Paul Mokgosinyane won his own seat back from the ANC for the African Unified Movement (AUM) in a by-election shock in Mpumalanga. This result was an outlier as the ANC had dominant wins in the rural Eastern Cape and fended off a spirited challenge i.
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